In a message dated 4/2/2003 1:39:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, rfuller@shentel.net writes: > Hi, > Roses today, funeral flowers tomorrow, and birds and angels from tombstones > tomorrow? I hope you are taking pictures of these roses instead of > digging!. Lena > Oh, no. Rose rustlers take cuttings. This preserves the rose in case the weedeater or Roundup eventually gets them. This has happened to many old roses; many lost forever.